Re: Melbourne trains

["Johann Fan" <jyf@optusnet.com.au>]

Ken <chapmanken@aol.comspamspam> wrote in message
19991212063837.15419.00000083@ng-cv1.aol.com">news:19991212063837.15419.00000083@ng-cv1.aol.com...
> An observation....
>
> At one of the underground stations (owned by Bayside) the other day an
> announcement was heard "the xxx train is running xx minutes late. Bayside
> Trains apologises blah blah blah..."
>
> In this case it was a Bayside service that was late.
>
> What if it were a late-running Hillside service - would you hear "Bayside
> Trains apologises on behalf of Hillside Trains..."??
>
> Or get station staff on a bad day - "the xxx train is running late -
typical
> Hillside Trains - they're always late..."

They seem to announce that Bayside trains will be late xx minutes but the
Hillside trains can be up to about 5mins late before they announce anything.
They also sometimes announce the arrival of bayside trains but not hillside
(when the DVA isn't working)

cheers
Johann